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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 04:18:01 PM

Title: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 04:18:01 PM
i have a cnc 6040 bought from eBay, i bought mach3 everything installed it and everything and configured the ports and pins and the motor tuning and nothing the motors don't move neither do the dro's :( i need help asap :[
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: Hood on June 08, 2012, 05:35:06 PM
If the DROs dont move when you jog then either your jog keys are not set up or you have Jog Control switched off or you do not actually have the axis enabled or set correctly in Ports and Pins.
If you attach your xml I will have a look.
Hood
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 06:23:25 PM
im not sure how to do the xtml thing and i pressed the tab and the jog screen appears and nothing.
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: Hood on June 08, 2012, 06:26:35 PM
Look lower right when in Mach to see the name of the profile you are using. Look in the main Mach3 folder for a file with that name and a xml file extension. Copy it to your desktop and then rename it javier101.xml then use the additional options button on the reply page to attach the file.
Hood
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 06:30:15 PM
hopefully this works :)
-thanks
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: Hood on June 08, 2012, 06:36:07 PM
Your xml looks fine and the DROs are working fine when I jog via the keyboard or Tab page  so not sure why they would not be working for you.
Hood
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 06:38:00 PM
could it be a posibility that its on windows vista?
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: Hood on June 08, 2012, 06:39:58 PM
Ah ok, is it 64bit ? If so then yes it doesnt work on that. If using a 64bit OS you will need to use an external controller such as the Smoothstepper.
Hood
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 06:41:08 PM
nope its 32bit :( what could it be?
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: Hood on June 08, 2012, 06:42:39 PM
Should be working fine then if the xml you sent is the one you are using.
Have a look on the diagnostics page and see what the Time in Int and the Frequency are.
Hood
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 06:43:43 PM
were is that located in the diagnostics?
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 06:44:30 PM
i found it it says +0.0
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: Hood on June 08, 2012, 06:47:38 PM
Ok that may be the problem, sounds like the driver is not loaded.
Close Mach and go to the Mach3 folder and double click on DriverTest.exe and let it run, once its done its thing  try Mach again. You will likely get a pulsing error message when you try the driver test as there is no driver loaded but letting it run until it says its done will install the driver. You could also run it again for a second time and have a look and see if its showing a nice clean pulse.
Hood
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 06:54:33 PM
it doesn't run the driver test. i double click it and nothing
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 06:55:30 PM
i got it to work
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: Hood on June 08, 2012, 06:57:50 PM
Good to hear :)
Hood


Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 07:03:57 PM
im sorry for the miss understanding i was talking about the driver test. :(
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 07:04:38 PM
the test stays saying that mach3 is undercontrol
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: Hood on June 08, 2012, 07:05:41 PM
Ok if its run for a bit just close it. Try Mach again or alternatively run it again and see if it runs this time.
Hood
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: Hood on June 08, 2012, 07:06:44 PM
Oh also think there may have been a patch for Vista to allow the driver to run, will see if I can find a link. I have never used Vista so not too clear on the patch.
Hood
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: Hood on June 08, 2012, 07:08:11 PM
Have a look on the downloads page there is a Vista part with a file and a readme.
Hood
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 07:10:38 PM
oh that when i downloaded it today i did that already :(
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 10:39:47 PM
hey how you doing i finally go to get the machine to move well part of it -.- now yaxis or the xaxis want to move on the keys
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: javier101 on June 08, 2012, 11:10:21 PM
i got it fixed!!!!! :) finally thank you for all your help but now i have no idea how to tell the machine the end of board and stuff like that
Title: Re: Noob need help
Post by: Hood on June 09, 2012, 05:01:49 AM
Good you got going :)
Telling the machine where it is will all depend on how your machine is set up. I think I saw in your xml you do not have limit or home switches so you will just have to move to a position on the table that your work is and set the DROs to that position. For example if you have code that has the middle of the part as X0Y0 then you would place the material on your table and move to the middle of it then zero the DROs in Mach. Same idea if  the corner was the zero point, just move to the corner and zero the DROs.

Having home switches can help you pick up again if you have lost position in a run or want to repeat on a second part etc. You can do similar to a homing setup by jogging to the  lower left corner and z fully up then press RefAll, that will zero the machine coords and then when you jog to where you want the work coords to be and then Zero the DROs you will have just set up a work offset. That means if you lose position for any reason it just needs you to jog to the extents again then press Ref All then when you ask the machine to go to X and Y work offset zero it will know where to go.
Hood